While Davis rightly argues that the rich settings and thorough backgrounds and back-stories help us enter the world these characters inhabited, this creates an air of narrative omniscience. Davis compounds this impression by stating conclusions (“Bertrande dreamed of a husband and lover who would c...
This account of a 16th century identity theft is very accessible, and provides a lot of historical context for the lay reader unfamiliar with peasant life in 16th c. France (!). What I enjoyed most, however, was the history of the story after the trial takes place. Davis follows an account from the ...
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